Vermont brewer signs deal with Cow Power BRIDGEWATER, Vt. — Long Trail Brewing Co. on Tuesday signed a contract to become the largest commercial customer of Cow Power, a program that produces electricity from cow manure. In its Earth Day announcement, the craft beer company said it would buy a quarter of its electricity from Central Vermont Public Service Corp.’s Cow Power, expanding on its environmentally conscious business and brewing strategies. In the Cow Power program, CVPS works with farmers to install special equipment that uses methane gas that’s given off by manure to generate electricity. Customers can pay a 4-cent-perkilowatt-hour premium for the socalled Cow Power, which helps farmers pay for the equipment. By paying the premium, Long Trail will raise its electricity costs by about $10,000 a year, said spokesman Seth Wyman.
COOL......I think I will get cows and horses.....get rid of the lawn mower and forget the septic........see ya later National Grid and Mobil/Exxon........
Time to run to the hills,,,,,the cities are under siege.......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
The sad thing is that there's additional taxes for going green. I'm all for not filling up a landfill or conserving our resources, but paying extra for the same product? That may be "green" and environmentally friendly, but I wouldn't do it. As a businessperson, I would be looking to reduce costs, not increase them so I could feel good.
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